What is async and await and when would you use these in windows development?

Question

I have always seen the keywords async used in Silverlight but was wondering if there is someone with a dummy\'s explanation of what it is and when to use it and its benefits

Answer 1

Start with my introductory article in MSDN magazine.

And then read the papers on the async CTP site.

And then read these fifteen articles:.

If you still have questions after all that, try asking at the async forum.

Answer 2

Have a look at this blog post, it gives a nice introduction and explanation of what async and await are.

If you want to really understand it, have a look at Jon Skeet's series on async and await